The Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico,the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate,together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico,control the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.
The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico,the bicameral territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The House,together with the Senate,control the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.
Orlando Parga Figueroa is a Puerto Rican politician and former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 2005 to 2009.
JoséF. Aponte Hernández is an accountant and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was born in San Juan and obtained a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1980.
Jenniffer Aydin González Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who serves as the 20th Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. González has served in leadership positions in the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP) and in the Republican Party of the United States. These positions included being the chairwoman of the Puerto Rico Republican Party,speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico,and vice-chair of the PNP. González is the youngest person to be Resident Commissioner and the first woman to hold the role.
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico since 2021. He has previously served as secretary of justice,resident commissioner,acting secretary of state,de facto governor of Puerto Rico and as private attorney for Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board under the Puerto Rico Oversight,Management,and Economic Stability Act.
Attorney Ángel Viera Martínez was a prominent pro-statehood public servant in Puerto Rico during the second half of the 20th century.
JoséLuis Dalmau Santiago is an attorney and politician. He is the current President of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. Acevedo Viláhas held various public service positions in the Puerto Rico government under the Popular Democratic Party,serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (1993–2001) and as the 17th Resident Commissioner (2001–2005),before he was sworn in as Governor on 2 January 2005. Acevedo Viláwas also a member of the National Governors Association,the Southern Governors' Association and the Democratic Governors Association,and a collaborator of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Also he is currently an adjunct professor of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He unsuccessfully ran for Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the 2020 elections for the Popular Democratic Party.
Carlos J. "Johnny" Méndez Núñez is a politician from Fajardo,Puerto Rico. He represents District 36 in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and assumed the role of Majority Leader upon the resignation of Rolando Crespo as a member of the House in February,2011.
Jaime R. PerellóBorrás is a Puerto Rican politician. Perellóis affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico and the Democratic Party of the United States. He was the 30th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
JoséEnrique "Quiquito" Meléndez Ortiz is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since May 23,2011. Meléndez is a current candidate for Resident Commissioner in the 2024 Puerto Rican Elections.
JoséManuel "Conny" Varela Fernández is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District 32.
Rafael "Tatito" Hernández Montañez is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He is also a Democrat. He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 2009,representing District 11,which includes the town of Dorado and parts of the towns of Vega Alta and Vega Baja. In the 2020 elections he was re-elected and chosen as speaker of the house in 2021.
Waldemar Quiles Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for two separate instances representing District 22. Quiles also served as Mayor of Utuado from 1981 to 1989.
Javier Aponte Dalmau is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives in 2012 to represent District 38. Has a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Puerto Rico. Master in Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. Earned a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law.
Eric Adniel Alfaro Calero is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from April 11,2011,to January 1,2013,representing District 16. Alfaro was appointed to fill the vacant seat of expelled representative Iván Rodríguez Traverzo.
Sylvia Rodríguez Aponte de Corujo is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). She was a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 representing District 31.
Eugenio Belaval-Martínez was a mercantile law professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,a New Progressive Party or New Party for Progress (NPP) member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and the NPP's Electoral Commissioner.
The 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2,2021 to January 1,2025. All members were elected in the 2020 elections. The House had a majority of elected members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD),but since 4 May 2022 the PPD only enjoys a plurality.
